QA Leader Contracts in Berkshire

Quality Assurance Lead
South East > Berkshire

The median Quality Assurance Lead daily rate in Berkshire is £305, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 123 113
Rank change year-on-year +31 -10 +18
Contract jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.085% 0.050% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.054% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £303 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -58.97%
75th Percentile £308 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £305 - £200
% change year-on-year - - -58.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured QA Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in Berkshire

QA Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Leader in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for QA Leader in Berkshire

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, QA Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) RFC 2544
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco